Char Korean Bar & Grill closing in Inman Park after nearly a decade

Photo by Sarra Sedghi After nine years at Inman Quarter in Inman Park Char Korean Bar Grill will close the week of May Owner Richard Tang approved the closure with Rough Draft but didn t specify an exact date However he did indicate that Char Korean will likely close by the middle of next week In addition to tariffs and a weakening market system Tang also commented that changes in the neighborhood factored into his decision to close Char Korean People think restaurant margins are huge and unfortunately restaurant margins are realistically percent he noted While ingredients labor and parking prices have gone up the area s business influx hasn t followed suit My employees can t afford a day to park he added Tang revealed he was able to negotiate a deal with the current landlord Jamestown Properties with Char Korean leaving on good terms Related stories Real estate capital firm Jamestown acquires stake in Inman QuarterPeek inside Painted Park bringing a party in front party in back Char Korean was one of the first restaurants to open in the Inman Quarter evolution along with Bartaco and Hampton Hudson which closed in Tang credits the popularity of Sotto Sotto and Fritti owned by Riccardo Ullio with bringing other restaurants to this particular stretch of North Highland Avenue I think everything with Char Korean was great all the way until apparently Tang noted adding that the COVID- pandemic hit the restaurant and hospitality industries especially hard We got demolished he continued saying that the restaurant industry has not fully recovered And rising rents around the city he noted aren t helping with that recovery It s unclear if Jamestown Properties increased the rent on Char Korean and Tang declined to provide further details on the situation Rough Draft reached out to Jamestown Properties for comment Tang also owns Girl Diver in Atlanta s Reynoldstown neighborhood which opened in Last fall Tang closed its cocktail counterpart Bar Diver at the Westside Paper advance on West Marietta Street Other restaurants at Inman Quarter include Bartaco Bread Butterfly Beetlecat Little Spirit and MF Sushi Delbar resides at the corner of North Highland and Inman Village Parkway beside Inman Quarter Painted Park a two-story eatertainment concept from Justin Amick and William Stallworth the duo behind The Painted Pin Painted Duck and Painted Pickle in Atlanta opened across the street last fall in the former Parish restaurant space along the Eastside Beltline This portion of North Highland is also home to Barcelona Wine Bar Inman Perk and Pure Taqueria Char Korean Bar Grill North Highland Ave Inman Park The post Char Korean Bar Grill closing in Inman Park after nearly a decade appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta